LLMs are deep-learning AI algorithms that can recognise, summarise, translate, predict and generate content using very large data sets. These represent the technology used to train AI chatbots like Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
Fudan University president Jin Li said the academic institution hopes to build a number of world-class models using the CFFF, including models related to life sciences, material science and integrated circuits.
Cloud computing services from Alibaba and other providers enable enterprises to buy, sell, lease or distribute a range of software and other digital resources as an on-demand service over the internet, just like electricity from a power grid. These resources are managed inside data centres.
“Enterprises and universities should join hands in innovation and talent training,” Jin was quoted as saying in Fudan University’s WeChat post on Tuesday about the “comprehensive strategic cooperation” with Alibaba Cloud.
Echoing that statement, Alibaba Cloud’s Wang said he expected the company and Fudan University would further “deepen the integration of production and education”.
While Alibaba Cloud and Fudan University did not elaborate on the details of their cooperation, the two sides are expected to help cultivate new local talent in AI.
Alibaba’s Cloud Intelligence Group, meanwhile, is expected to become an independent entity in the next 12 months under the e-commerce giant’s sweeping restructuring plan. That would eventually enable the firm to seek a separate public listing.
